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An episode of Laces Or Faces Football Podcast

Two dudes who follow Adam Schefter on Twitter, dig around the Internet for weird football stories, slow jam NFL picks, feature a #billsmafia member of the week and catch you up on the latest off-field antics.

It's almost Super Bowl time so we make our picks, discuss Travis Scott and Galdys Knight and how Common hates the NFL because of Kaepernick. Drew Brees turned 40 and dad danced his way to glory. Rams referee gate might turn into something real on Sunday, Antonio Brown is the NFL's Kevin Durant, Matt Hasselbeck got a QB call and we pick our top Super Bowl halftime acts. Spoilers Chuck Berry is involved.

It's wildcard weekend so we set our picks, decide what is going on in Antonio Brown's head / ego, figure out who is up for Hard Knocks 2019, Baker Mayfield's RV is up for sale, the top selling NFL jersey's for 2018, Dick Degroat gives us one last banger for the year, answer listener mail and place coaches for the Browns, Packers, Jets, Broncos, Dolphins, Buccaneers, Bengals and Cardinals.

Why are have the NFL referees been so bad and how do we keep them accountable? NBA Twitter vs NFL twitter it's just not time yet for NBA sorry. We filter through the Pro Bowl snubs and talk about a better option for the game. We grunge jam our NFL Week 16 picks. We talk Super Bowl odds, and Patrick Mahommes loves ketchup and Dick Degroat share his Christmas list for #BillsMafia member of the week.
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This week we get a little country with our NFL week 15 picks, Woodie blasts the Steelers defense, Dibbs hates on sports media in general, We compare the AFC west to character from our favorite Christmas movie Home Alone. We try to decipher who is going to be the coach of the packers, dig into the Oakland Raider lawsuit with the city of Oakland, enjoy a craigslist ad from a Vikings fan, relish in the Miami Miracle, share the cringey commentating moments of the week and of course share our #BillsMafia member of the week.

We go through the AFC South and decide what Christmas movies most reflect the Jaguars, Colts, Titans, and Texans. We discuss Brett Favre's cameo debacle and dig a little deeper on our favorite NFL players on the site and how much they cost. Lastly we feature our Bills Mafia member of the week.

This week we blast warm weather teams and question if Danica Patrick's crystals are messing with Aaron Rodgers. We decide which Thanksgiving sides are the packers, bears, lions and vikings. We celebrate our Bills Mafia member of the week Dick Degroat, go over Jason Witten, Joe Buck, Ian Eagle and others cringey commentating, and dive into why Mark Sanchez is back in the league over Colin Kaepernick. And lastly we slow jam our picks for week 12.

It's week 11 in the NFL so we make our picks with some melody, put the NFL and Azteca field on blast along with Hue Jackson becoming the Dwight Schrute of the NFL. We decipher which teams in the AFC North are which characters from The Office tv show. We find out the Rams can clinch their division this weekend, realize Jalen Ramsey is the new Josh Norman while deciphering his latest tweet, a Jets fan gets a dwi because they suck so bad, Sean Peyton blows up the fire alarm at Paul Brown Stadium, and the Buccaneers kicker woes continue. Last but not least we have our #BillsMafia member of the week.

We come off the bye week with our BillsMafia member of the week, we put coach Gruden and Le'Veon Bell on blast, we unintelligibly pick week 10's winners, give the NFC West teams haircuts and talk about the new Fortnite NFL skins.

We pay for a special message from Devon Cajuste, #NotSorry, discuss where the Chargers could end up if their Los Angeles plans fall through, we celebrate another week with @BILLieve88 as our Bills Mafia member of the week, and we put our money where are butts are with our uneducated picks for week 7. Get your cringe on with Troy Aikman, Dick Stockton, Greg Jennings, Ian Eagle, Jason Witten, Mark Schlereth, and of course the Tony Romo. We put the Titans offensive line on blast with Dad Bod Zach, Woodie doesn't like Vontaze Burfict, Dibbs can't figure out Monday Night Football's Halftime Show and we wonder why Jerry Jones invited Conor McGregor to the Dallas Game. We try to classify the Patriots, Jets, Bills and Dolphins into stereotypes of kids you experience in high school.

We pay for a special message from Devon Cajuste, #NotSorry, discuss where the Chargers could end up if their Los Angeles plans fall through, we celebrate another week with @BILLieve88 as our Bills Mafia member of the week, and we put our money where are butts are with our uneducated picks for week 7.

We take a look at the uncut version of Peyton Manning's congratulation video to Drew Brees. Aaron Rodgers and Antonio Brown get put on blast, and we play what else is in Antonio Brown's Miami Apartment. We dissect the OBJ vs Eli Manning vs Lil Wayne saga, new ways to make defense matter in the NFL, our twitter feud of the week with Josh Norman and Michael Thomas, Cringey Commentating featuring Charles Davis, Chris Collinsworth, Jason Witten and of course our favorite Tony Romo. Philip Rivers trolls the Raiders defense, Jon Gruden hates traveling, our #BillsMafia member of the week and we are hiring an intern.

We investigate the big mystery of who or whom Earl Thomas directed his middle finger toward as he was being carted off on Sunday. Then we countdown our 3 least favorite mascots in the NFL, recount our #BillsMafia play of the week and the commercial round up from Sunday. We give a couple options for Patrick Mahommes' new nick name, apparently Jerry Jones almost moved to South America, Dez Bryant does his best Terrell Owens on twitter, more announcer fails featuring Jim Nantz, Ian Eagle and Al Michaels. Harry Caray stops by to answer one question about the bears and we celebrate Jeff Fisher's new job.

We may be seeing signs of Fitzmagic turn to Fitztragic as we watch the Buccaneers, Steelers game live. We encourage fans not to bet this early in the season unless you don't care about money or upsets. The NFL has become soft and poor Clay Matthews can't win with almost 12 roughing the passer calls each week we might just boycott. We find out how many ACL tears have happened so far and we want to know where is Roger Goodell? We find our #BillsMafia fan of the week and try to understand their upset of the Vikings. We dig into if the Cardinals tried to take a page out of the Browns playbook and make a star out of Josh Rosen when it wasn't necessary. Woodie learns how Patrick Mahomes is cheating with his photographic mind and we again nod to how nice of a guy Andrew Luck his with hailmary gate. More announcer oddities, 3 NFL questions with Adam Sandler and of course Jeff Fisher.

Fitzmagic is still kicking but the trademark is now under rookie Minkah Fitzpatrick's entrepreneurial control. Big Ben Roethlisberger shares how to defeat the trolls on the internet. NFL ties are in but we figure out way to end them. We try to figure out the scoop and pull and or burping the quarterback with Clay Matthews. Take a deep dive into Vontae Davis' tweet back log to prove his hypocrisy for quitting. Shout out to Marquette King, Jimmy Graham and NFL fans lighting up twitter threads this week. The return of stuff announcers say featuring Jason Witten, Rich Gannon and Chris Myers. We thank the internet and get on our soapbox about the recent findings with Ticketmaster working with bots and scalpers to sell more tickets in their "verified" resale market place. Also we propose more Atlanta based artists that need to be at the halftime show rather than Maroon 5 and of course we try to track down Jeff Fisher.

Aaron Rodgers is superhuman and we decide if it's in part the prescription drugs the trainers gave him at halftime. Weather delays take center stage in the NFL on week one. Which fans had the worst weekend, the Bills, Steelers, or the Bears? Fitzmagic took us all by surprise and he doesn't care too much for the memes. The first ejection of the season for the new targeting rule is, of course, a Bengal. We decipher what the new green zone is on NBC Sunday Night Football as well as our thoughts on the new Carrie Underwood NFL theme song. New commentators for the year Bruce Arians, Jason Witten, and Chris Carter left quite an impression. We compare Beth Mowins and Doris Burke, and decide which commercials we will hate by the end of the season. Kirk Cousins application for You Vike That to the patent office. Dez Bryant trolling his way into our hearts and the most popular NFL players on twitter.

It's finally time for some NFL football so we recap this years season of Hard Knocks, highlighting our heartbreaking cuts of Cajuste, Orchard, Brobie and Nassib.
Remembering the legend that is Bob Weily and the interesting dynamic between Hue Jackson, Todd Haley and Gregg Williams.
We dive into why some teams don't have cheerleaders
(Steelers, Packers, Bears, Giants, Browns, & Bills)
The controversy in Kansas City over the new no tailgating after kickoff rule.
Jerry Jones shares how much he would pay for another Super Bowl if he could.
StubHub stats on the most in-demand games for the 2018 season.
Which quarterbacks have made the most money over their career. (Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees)
Kirk Cousin's calling AAA and signing his 28 million a year contract in his in-law's basement.
The new Kaepernick Nike ad meme craze.
Big news on color rush and uniform updates for 2018
Lastly our Pro Bowl and Super Bowl picks.
Of course Jeff Fisher

Some real ish went down in the NFL this week. We discuss of course the celebrations and plays of the week along with Cam Newton's sexism, Peyton Manning's statue, the crucial catch campaign, Roger Goodell's letter and Jerry Jones' flippy floppy messaging, snorting cocaine in Miami, all the injuries from week 5, OBJ, Donald Penn fighting with a fan, Marshawn Lynch has his own tv show, the Patriots get their own custom plane, and a Cowboys fan sets himself on fire over a bet on Sunday's game with the Packers.

This week we discuss O.J. Simpsons release from prison, Joe Flacco admitting he's not elite...sorta, a football discourse on Marshawn Lynch's hidden but not so secret protest, a chargers stadium aka stub hub update, commentator fails, OBJ updates, the NFL's secret weapons of course Unfootball Jay's picks of the week and much much more.

We start this week with a moment of silence for all who had to endure their family's political views this Sunday. Get into the nitty gritty of what the hell happened this past week in the NFL with all the unforeseen upsets. We figured out the loophole behind Tony Romo's psychic-ness and of course dissect Jerry Jones' quest to be seen on camera kneeling with his employees.
As well as our usual segments of commentator fails, celebrations of the week, listener mail and UnFootball Jays picks for Week 4.

This week we talk about fantasy playoff sleepers, Marshawn dancing on the sideline, custom cleats with Dad Bod Zach, Derek Carr trolling the Seahawks, taking an in game pee break, unfootball Jay gives us his picks of the week, the bad news bears and much more.

Its the unofficial start to the NFL season with the coveted Hall of Fame Game. Dibbs and Woodie dish on the news from the week including Jay Cutlers move to Miami and looking forward to episode 1 of Hard Knocks.